[gggydf32]

Er, Supermicro servers being surreptitiously implanted and installed in customer networks are existentially-threatening allegations against their business. I struggle to imagine what “very bad” would be in your view if that doesn’t rise to the bar.

[MagicalTux]

More than the contents, the impact of the news on business is what would be used to decide. If most people think the news is likely fake there's no point giving extra attention to it by suing for libel. If it has enough impact to bring the company toward bankruptcy it will be an issue. Tbqh I wasn't even aware of that story until now.

[Kye]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

I was reminded of this recently by a fursuit company issuing a C&D over an accusation most people had forgotten about, for a tweet that was almost half a year old at that point.

24 hours later, the tweet from the target of the C&D has over 7000 retweets and the response from the company has almost 1400 quote retweets yelling at them. Many of the angry responses have as many retweets as the company's tweet.

[acct776]

Link?

[Kye]

I forgot to link it.

https://twitter.com/qutens_/status/1357496129659707392

[acct776]

> Tbqh I wasn't even aware of that story until now.

Hopefully your CTO was.